We could see a Samsung phone with silicon carbon battery soon, possibly the Galaxy S26 Edge

It wasn’t surprising, but disappointing nonetheless, to hear that Samsung will be sticking with the 5,000 mAh battery once again with Galaxy S26 Ultra. While most Chinese manufacturers have transitioned to silicon carbon tech, big players like Apple, Samsung, and Google have been taking the more conservative route. Now, finally, it seems like Samsung is ready to make the move and if the latest report is accurate, we could see a silicon carbon battery powered Galaxy smartphone soon.

The information comes from a known leaker on the yeux1122 blog. It claims that the Executive VP and Head of Smartphone R&D team, Sung-Hoon Moon, agreed that Samsung may be lagging behind in battery innovation. There have been reports in the past claiming that the company is experimenting with silicon carbon batteries, but there was never a timeline for when this tech will show up in Samsung devices.

The post on the blog goes on to state that a smartphone that will be backed by a silicon carbon battery is being prepared and is expected to release soon. It is unclear which phone this will be, but comments are anticipating the Galaxy S26 Edge. The speculation is that Samsung would want to test the batteries in other phones first, before installing them in the Galaxy S27 lineup.

As for the Galaxy S26 Edge, the fate of that phone is a mystery at this point. There were reports back in October of last year that the Edge series has been cancelled due to underwhelming sales of the Galaxy S25 Edge. Then, another report claimed that the phone could return but under a different name. Shortly after, real-life images of what was meant to be a dummy unit of the Galaxy S26 Edge surfaced online.

The new leak states that the silicon carbon backed smartphone will be released soon, which is quite vague, but if it were to be the Galaxy S26 Edge, and it follows the Galaxy S25 Edge’s timeline of a May release, we could see a Samsung Galaxy flagship with a silicon carbon battery in the next three months. Of course, there’s a lot of speculation here and Samsung has not shared any information as such.